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“biological”
(a glossary of biological terms about living creatures including plants and all kinds of animal species and organisms)
(Until recently, the usual explanation for the first pandemics was not biological but a result of immorality)
(one of the group of biological sciences, each of which deals with an aspect of the study of living things)
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Behavior which helps other members of a species but which diminishes an individual's own chance of reproductive success: Biological altruism can be seen in species with elaborated social organisations like ants, termites, and bees.
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Biology Terms +
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The internal time-measuring mechanism which helps adjust an organism's daily activities, seasonal activities, or both, in response to environmental cues: Such biological clocks in a person's body take place in response to age, habits, and the chemical changes that take place in an individual's body.
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Biology Terms +
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biological control
The use of natural predators, parasites, or disease organisms to reduce the number of pest insects or weed plants.
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Insects, General Applicable Terms
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biological pump
The biological mechanisms by which organic matter is relatively rapidly transported from near-surface waters to the deep ocean; such as, through the grazing and defecation of fast-sinking fecal pellets by copepods (defined in this unit) and larger organisms, and the vertical migration of near-surface feeders to mesopelagic depths.
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Ocean and Deep Sea Terms
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